Joint Session 10 |
| | climate variability and trends (Joint with Middle Atmosphere, Fluid Dynamics and Climate Variations)(especially Middle Atmosphere) |
| | Organizers: Eugene C. Cordero, Cooperative Research Centre for Southern Hemisphere Meteorology, Clayton, Vic. Australia; Fred Kucharski, Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Trieste Italy; Richard B. Neale, NOAA/CIRES/CDC, Boulder, CO
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| 10:30 AM | J10.1 | Decadal interactions between the western tropical Pacific and the North Atlantic Oscillation
Fred Kucharski, Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Trieste, Italy; and F. Molteni and A. Bracco |
| 10:50 AM | J10.2 | Climatology and Changes of Extra-Tropical Storm Tracks and Cyclone Activity: Comparison of ERA-40 with NCEP/NCAR Reanalysis for 1958-2001
Xiaolan L. Wang, MSC, Downsview, ON, Canada; and V. R. Swail and F. W. Zwiers |
| 11:10 AM | J10.3 | On the effect of the Arctic Oscillation on the Northern hemisphere anticyclones
Lily Ioannidou, McGill Univ., Montreal, QC, Canada; and P. M. K. Yau |
| 11:30 AM | J10.4 | Characterizing convective inhibition during the sub–tropical mid–summer droughts  
Richard B. Neale, NOAA/CIRES/CDC, Boulder, CO; and B. Mapes |
| 11:50 AM | J10.5 | Changes in the NAO distribution in high resolution PRUDENCE time-slice climate change experiments
Erika Coppola, CETEMPS, L'Aquila, Italy; and F. Kucharski and F. Giorgi |
| 12:10 PM | | Lunch Break
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| 1:45 PM | J10.6 | Widening trend of the Hadley cell during the past 40 years
Thomas Reichler, ANL, Salt Lake City, Utah; and I. Held |
| 2:05 PM | J10.7 | Causes of recent changes in the strength of the Hadley cell.
Christos M. Mitas, Univ. of Miami, Miami, FL; and A. Clement |
| 2:25 PM | J10.8 | The influence of sea surface temperatures on the Northern winter stratosphere: Ensemble simulations with the MAECHAM5 model
Elisa Manzini, National Institute for Geophysics and Volcanology, Bologna, Italy; and M. A. Giorgetta, M. Esch, L. Kornblueh, and E. Roeckner |
| 2:45 PM | J10.9 | Stratospheric variability and trends in IPCC model simulations
Eugene Cordero, San Jose State Univ., San Jose, CA |
| 3:05 PM | J10.10 | Distribution functions of a spurious trend in finite length dataset with natural variability: statistical considerations and a numerical experiment with a global circulation model
Seiya Nishizawa, Kobe Univ., Kobe, Japan; and S. Yoden |
| 3:25 PM | | Coffee Break
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| 3:45 PM | J10.11 | Mutual interactions between secular trends and modes of variability in a changing climate
Grant Branstator, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and F. Selten |
| 4:05 PM | J10.12 | An updated assessment of stratospheric temperature trends
William J. Randel, NCAR, Boulder, CO |
| 4:25 PM | J10.13 | Mysteries of the tropical lower stratosphere: trends and cycles
George C. Reid, NOAA/AL, Boulder, CO |